KRAMETERHOF: learning from the rebellious farmer
We couldn’t avoid visiting it! Our ultimate model: Sepp Holzer’s Krameterhof. The Krameterhof is located on the southern slope of the Schwarzenberg-mountain...
ANANDA – Assisi
Ananda is a spiritual retreat located on the beautiful Umbrian hills, near Assisi, the city of Saint Francis. The Ananda Centre offers...
Is Self-Sufficiency scary?
Let’s increase our understanding of sustainability On August 10th 2010, TIME magazine ran a cover story entitled: “The Best Laws Money Can Buy”....
TORRE COLOMBAIA
While I was looking for farms that cultivate flax seeds and sunflower seeds in Italy, I found their website, which I showed...
THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER in Permaculture and not only…
The example of Sepp Holzer, the man who has built a system of 60 small lakes in his farm on the Alps....
TORRI SUPERIORE, the medieval ecovillage
During the XX century, the medieval ecovillage Torri Superiore was gradually abandoned by all the citizens, falling into decline and becoming a...
How to turn desert into paradise
Permaculture teaches us how to manage water in a smart and natural way in order to stop desertification It was 2011 when...
A permaculture Garden of Eden
The story of Charles, Perrine and their farm Miraculous Abundance it’s not only the English title of the book published in 2014 by...
SILENT RETREAT: the magic of silence
During our trip to Bali, we found ourselves with a colourful leaflet in our hands describing this place with organic food, yoga...
How we started a Food Forest in Italy
A Food Forest, also known as Forest Garden, is a multi-purpose and multi-function cultivation system in which trees grown for timber, fruit...
Green manuring in Permaculture and Synergistic Agriculture
In Permaculture and Synergistic Agriculture green manuring is a technique for taking care of the soil along with mulch, crop rotation and...
What does synergistic agriculture teach to children?
As we already explained in a previous article, synergistic agriculture is a way of farming that respects nature and at the same...